⭐️ Total score | 2.15/5 (Rank #960) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,699 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 32Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 10°C50°F (feels 8°C46°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 75% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 14 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,813 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Netherlands |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 32 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 10°C 50°F + 💦 Damp (75%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 15 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 108 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Anne&Max Haarlem |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍17% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 160,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $45,753 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,699 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,915 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,815 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,947 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,639 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,360 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,607 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $170 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $209 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $214 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $19 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $3,865 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $22 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 394° cold | 362° cold | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 5412° cool | 457° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 415° very cold | 394° very cold | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6317° cool | 6519° mild | 6418° cool | 6217° cool | 5513° cool | 468° cold | 447° cold |
Humidity | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 37% | nice 43% | nice 39% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 41% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 44% |
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Rain | rainy 83mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 86mm | dry 35mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 88mm | rainy 81mm |
Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 39% | pockets 35% | pockets 27% | pockets 39% | pockets 37% | pockets 36% | pockets 34% | pockets 36% | pockets 42% | pockets 39% | pockets 45% |
Air quality | clean 18 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°✈️2h$5,516 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×It is more expensve than expected. Depending whete you live, streets can be dirty. It seems the government only uses the tax money to invest in the high en areas. Thwre are is a lot of inequality. People are very racist. I am Mexican, and the first thing people ask me here, is whete do I come from. I have never felt as discriminated as here and to be honest I dont think I have it as bad as other people.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 34° 94°🥵AQI 67😷✈️12h$1,346 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×It's getting better. I came here just before the Chinese New Year, and the city was very lively. Lots of people, live music, etc. The decorations in the shopping mall were beautiful, and there were so many food options that it would take a year to try them all.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 36° 97° 30° 87°🥵AQI 68😷✈️14h$1,224 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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